Cast
M. Emmet Walsh
Acting
Cast
M. Emmet Walsh
Known for
Acting
Born
1935-03-22
From
Ogdensburg, New York, USA
Died
2024-03-19
Also known as Michael Emmet Walsh, امت والش
Biography
Michael Emmet Walsh (March 22, 1935 – March 19, 2024) was an American character actor who has appeared in over 200 films and television series, including supporting roles in dozens of major studio features of the 1970s and 1980s. He starred in Blood Simple (1984), the Coen Brothers' first film for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. He also appeared in The Jerk (1979), Ordinary People (1980), Blade Runner (1982), Wild Wild West (1999), and The Iron Giant (1999). His final films included Knives Out (2019) and Brothers (2024).
Knives Out
as Mr. Proofroc
Blade Runner
as Bryant
A Time to Kill
as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
Big Stan
as Lew Popper
The Iron Giant
as Earl Stutz (voice)
Wild Wild West
as Coleman
Romeo + Juliet
as Apothecary
Midnight Cowboy
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Critters
as Harv
Blood Simple
as Private Detective
Racing Stripes
as Woodzie
Snow Dogs
as George
Raising Arizona
as Machine Shop Ear-Bender
Airport '77
as Dr. Williams
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
as Aide
Serpico
as Gallagher
The Jerk
as Madman
Brothers
as Judge Farful
Slap Shot
as Dickie Dunn
Christmas with the Kranks
as Walt Scheel
Calvary
as The Writer
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
as Bill Wilcox
Brubaker
as C.P. Woodward
The Flash
as Henry Allen
My Best Friend's Wedding
as Joe O'Neal
Random Hearts
as Billy (uncredited)
Ordinary People
as Swim Coach
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
as Gorak
Fletch
as Dr. Joseph Dolan
Missing in Action
as Tuck
Youth in Revolt
as Mr. Saunders
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Uncle Bub
Back to School
as Coach Turnbull
Sunset
as Chief Marvin Dibner
Reds
as Speaker at Liberal Club
Harry and the Hendersons
as George Henderson Sr.
Albino Alligator
as Dino
Silkwood
as Walt Yarborough
Relative Fear
as Earl Ladelle
White Sands
as Bert Gibson
The Immaculate Room
as Kate's Father
Resting Place
as Sarge
Narrow Margin
as Sergeant Dominick Benti
Wildcats
as Walt Coes
The Gift
as Legion Commander
Straight Time
as Earl Frank
Camp Nowhere
as T.R. Polk
No Man's Land
as Captain Haun
The Mimic
as The Director
Probable Cause
as Sadler
Little Big Man
as Shotgun Guard
Cold Turkey
as Art
Red Scorpion
as Dewey Ferguson
Twilight
as Lester Ivar
Panther
as Dorsett
What's Up, Doc?
as Arresting Officer
Cops & Robbersons
as Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
The Mighty Quinn
as Fred Miller
Raise the Titanic
as Master Chief Vinnie Walker
Don McKay
as Samuel
The Gambler
as Las Vegas Gambler
The Pope of Greenwich Village
as Burns
Hero in the Family
as General Presser
Back Roads
as Arthur
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
as Self
Red Alert
as Sheriff Sweeney
The Best of Times
as Charlie
Broken Vows
as Detective Mulligan
The Outlaws
as Warden MacDonald
The Milagro Beanfield War
as Governor
The Deliberate Stranger
as Det. Sam Davies
Get to Know Your Rabbit
as Mr. Wendel
Night Partners
as Joe Kirby
Equinox
as Pete Petosa
Toto
as Toto
The Glass Shield
as Det. Jesse Hall
Chattahoochee
as Morris
Nickelodeon
as "Father" Logan
Retroactive
as Sam
Me and Will
as Dean
Arthur Newman
as Zazek
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
as Doorman
The Naked Truth
as Garcia / Gesundheim
The Escape Artist
as Fritz
Clean and Sober
as Richard Dirks
Shifting Gears
as Hank
The Assignment
as Mr. Beudreaux
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
as Wally Westland
Grandview, U.S.A.
as Mr. Clark
Chairman of the Board
as Freemont
Outlaw Posse
as Catfish
Bound for Glory
as Husband
Boiling Pot
as Dean Marison
Mikey and Nicky
as Bus Driver
Fourth Story
as Harry
Change in the Air
as Walter Lemke
A Little White Lie
as Arthur Baldwin
At Long Last Love
as Harold
They Might Be Giants
as 1st Sanitation Man
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
as Mort
Poor White Trash
as Judge Pike
Cannery Row
as Mack
Alice's Restaurant
as Group W Sergeant
Skag
as Moran
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
as Mr. Peterson
Scandalous
as Simon Reynolds
The Killing Jar
as Sheriff Foley
The Lottery
as Chief Davis
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
as Wally Cantrell
Wild Card
as Mose
Thunderground
as Wedge
Superdome
as Whitley
Raising Buchanan
as Larry Kiesling
The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn
as Rocco
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
as Mayor Thornbush
The Traveling Executioner
as Warden Brodski
Erasable You
as Ralph Worth
Haunted Echoes
as Neil
Wilder Napalm
as Fire Chief
Catch Me... If You Can
as Johnny Phatmun
Silverfox
as Charles Blankenship
Kid Blue
as Barber
Dotty and Soul
as Harold Eichelbaum
No Other Love
as DeFranco
Green and Gold
as Scotty
Killer Image
as John Kane
Stiletto
as Racing Partner (uncredited)
War Party
as Colin Ditweiler
The Right of the People
as Sindaco
Man in the Chair
as Mickey Hopkins
Your Name Here
as Kroger
The Music of Chance
as Calvin Murks
Murder Ordained
as Vern Humphrey
Fast-Walking
as Sergeant Sanger
A Question of Guilt
as Inspector McCartney
Faith, Hope & Love
as Fr. John
End of the Road
as Crab Man / Tutu Man
The Invasion of Johnson County
as Irvine
Monster!
as Lloyd Reeves
Jack of Hearts
as Comissioner Menlo Boyce
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
as Harold Patton
Courage
as Colonel Crouse
Criminal Hearts
as Martin
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
as Joe Lemke
Men in White
as Stanley
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
as Morris
Chasing 3000
as Chuck Ireland
Dead Badge
as Sergeant Miller Hoskins
City in Fear
as Sheldon Lewis
Bitter Harvest
as Sheriff Bob
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
as Self
Hellinger's Law
as Mr. Graebner
Portraits of a Killer
as Raymond Garrison
Baggage
as Sandy Westphall
Christmas in the Clouds
as Stu O'Malley
Greener Mountains
as Muggs
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
as Don Nichols
Eyeball Eddie
as Coach Cook
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
as Chief Van Owen
Crime Club
as Jack Doyle
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
as Marshal Jim Phillips
Dear Detective
as Capt. Gorcey
Love and Lies
as Clyde Wilson
Madness of Method
as Rudolph Thorndyke
Sorry, Not Sorry
as Harry's Father
South of Bix
as Grandpa
A True Character
as Self
Love Sick Love
as Ed